“Telemundo, famous for its passionate telenovelas, says it will swell its original production by more than 50% at its Hialeah location and add 800 hours of general content — a 40% increase — to its 2012-2013 programming lineup. ’We are producing more than ever. We filmed more than 1,100 hours last year and this year we’re on the same road,’ said Joshua Mintz, executive vice president of scripted programming and general manager of Telemundo Studios. A telenovela, which is a series similar to a soap opera, tells a full story in about 150 one-hour episodes. So far, scenes for these telenovelas have almost all been filmed in Miami and about 100 or more people are employed per production, depending on how complicated it is, said Mr. Mintz.”
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